Venous embolization during sternotomy in children undergoing corrective heart surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 636-638

  Keidan, Ilan ^a   Mardor, Yael ^a   Preisman, Sergei ^a   Mishaly, David ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

18; 20; 21

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 4644229484     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.02.040     Document Type: Article

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